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"Beneath the Eternal Dunes" unravels an enthralling tale set against the backdrop of Egypt's ancient mysteries. Four intrepid friends, bound by their love for history and adventure, embark on a daring quest to unearth the lost tomb of Pharaoh Ankhmakis. As they delve deep beneath the desert sands, they encounter more than just the relics of a bygone era. The tomb's legendary curse awakens, challenging their friendship, courage, and very souls. Faced...
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The sham magus and master poisoner Cagliostro schemes to establish world domination with his "Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry," using drugs and sex to lure influential supporters; and murder, to eliminate composers, writers, architects, and painters who refuse to glorify him as the order's "Grand Copht."
In the dead of the winter of 1769-1770, on the cusp of turning fourteen, Papa Leopold and I, your humble servant Wolf Mozart, seek court appointments...
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A modern Indiana Jones steals a relic of Alexander the Great in Blood of Alexander, the thrilling debut from Tom Wilde.
Jonathan Blake makes a living, stealing antiquities, stealing them back, that is. A field agent for the Argo Foundation, a company that makes it their business to preserve humanity's history by liberating stolen artifacts from thieves and looters, Blake is used to dangerous assignments. But, when he is forced by the US government...
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It Kills Slowly…
In an excavation site in Mexico, a team of archeologists uncovers the lost tomb of Montezuma--and a deadly strain of anthrax as ancient as the Biblical plagues. One by one, the team falls violently ill, bleeding from their eyes and ears before succumbing to a slow, painful death. Whatever was buried with the Aztec chief is still active, infectious--and now airborne…
It Spreads Quickly…
In Austin, a young archeologist listens...
25) The Intuitives
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IMAGINATION JUST BECAME OUR GREATEST WEAPON.
In Egypt, an archaeological team discovers the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. Seven years later, every public school student in America takes a strange new test, but only six are chosen to attend a summer program at the mysterious Institute for the Cultivation of Intuitive Cognition, where nothing is as it appears to be, including the students themselves.
Roman Jackson, 11-the lonely artist.
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What do the three most evil symbols for Christianity – 666, the pentagram and the snake – have in common? Quite possibly one of the most amazing discoveries of all time, The Viking Serpent reveals an ancient and incredible legacy placed upon the landscape of Norway. In this film, best selling author Philip Gardiner takes us on a journey into Norway to meet author, Harald S. Boehlke who has uncovered this amazing mystery in the land of the Norse....
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Daniel Knox novels volume 1
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"A debut, rip-roaring archeological thriller about the search for the lost tomb of Alexander the Great "--Provided by the publisher.
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The end of the world is so over...It's been three centuries since the bombs went off. Mankind has long since, forgiven, forgotten, yawned and moved on. Over the years, one mighty city-state has risen from the ashes to become the undisputed center of the civilized world – Selegna. Built from ancient concrete, scrap metal and mangled home appliances, Selegna is a wonder to behold – the world's mightiest empire, King Canoga its mightiest ruler. Feared...
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A group of researchers from the Bluthund Community is given the mission to find the lost tomb of Genghis Khan, who died in the 13th century. Genghis Khan was the creator of the greatest empire in the history of mankind, which stretched from China to the gates of Europe and included almost the entire Asian continent. Feared for the massacres carried out on the conquered peoples, he was loved by the Mongols who consider him the creator of their nation,...
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In 410 AD the Great Library of Alexandria was under siege for the last time. Political and religious mobs were out to destroy the library and kill its charismatic and beautiful leader, the world-famous mathematician, Hypatia.
In order to save her life, Hypatia agreed to create a coded message engraved on a block of black granite, for the Hetairoi, the descendants of the personal guards of Alexander the Great. This message leaves clues to the location...
32) Eden Quest
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USA Today bestselling author David Wood continues his wildly popular archaeological adventure series featuring former Navy SEAL turned treasure hunter Dane Maddock! There is a world beyond the one we know. And humankind is not welcome. Finding the burial site of Hawaii's greatest king is only the beginning for former Navy SEAL turned treasure hunters, Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake. When a pagan cult sets its eyes on the legendary Treasure of Eden,...
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This anthology includes two novels based on intrigues from the history of all time. Novels belong to the field of fiction, intrigues do not.The Grial´s QuestAccording to Christian tradition The Holy Chalice is the vessel that Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine. In the 12th Century Arthurian literature the Chalice became associated with the pre-existing story of the Holy Grail, a miraculous artifact with magical properties. The fully developed...
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Candlewick Press
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2004
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Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt. Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt-and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of years? Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search of...
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"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...
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2016
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A grandly scaled and ravishingly scenic adventure about the search for clues across the Sinai terrain offering proof of Biblical events. Set in 1900 and unfolding across landscapes of awesome beauty and breathtaking excavations, rough-hewn archaeologist Mark Brandon and determined explorer Ann Mercedes, striving to complete her late father's earlier discoveries, travel a route of intrigue, danger and romance to reach the lost tomb of Ra-Hotep before...
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 5
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Gabe gets lost in the Great Pyramid, realizes he isn't alone, and wonders if the curse of the mummy's tomb is real.
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With 14 stories, 14 crimes, and twice as many suspects, this delightful Christie collection, repackaged and redesigned, firmly established the brilliant Belgian sleuth's reputation and standing in the canon of classic detective fiction. What connects a movie star, an archaeologist, a French maid, a prime minister, a wealthy dowager, and an Italian count? Crime, of course-and the master crime-solver, Hercule Poirot.
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Seven wonders volume 3
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After Marco's betrayal, Jack McKinley and his friends must face their own demons and engage in a battle with foes long gone.
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